A godly and learned treatise of prayer which both conteineth in it the doctrine of prayer, and also sheweth the practice of it in the exposition of the Lords prayer: by that faithfull and painfull servant of God George Downame, Doctr of Divinity, and late L. Bishop of Dery in the realm of Ireland.
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- A godly and learned treatise of prayer which both conteineth in it the doctrine of prayer, and also sheweth the practice of it in the exposition of the Lords prayer: by that faithfull and painfull servant of God George Downame, Doctr of Divinity, and late L. Bishop of Dery in the realm of Ireland.
- Author
- Downame, George, d. 1634.
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- Printed at Cambridge :: By Roger Daniel for Nicolas Bourn; and are to be sold at his shop at the south-entrance into the Royall Exchange in London,
- 1640.
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- Lord's prayer -- Early works to 1800.
- Prayer -- Early works to 1800.
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"A godly and learned treatise of prayer which both conteineth in it the doctrine of prayer, and also sheweth the practice of it in the exposition of the Lords prayer: by that faithfull and painfull servant of God George Downame, Doctr of Divinity, and late L. Bishop of Dery in the realm of Ireland." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20735.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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Page 259
our hearts neither desire it nor intend it, if we alto∣gether seek ourselves and our own praise, if we use to suppresse the praises of God and to smother his truth, if our ordinary speech be idle and unsavoury, our lives dissolute, from whence no honour can a∣rise unto God, and in truth desire not to be freed from these sinnes; nay, on the contrary, if in stead of intending Gods glory we seek his dishonour, in stead of sounding forth his prayse we blaspheme his holy name, in stead of professing and defending his truth we oppugne the same, in stead of savoury speeches they be rotten and infective, in stead of causing the name of God to be glorified we cause it to be blasphemed, our prayer is little better then mockery of God: And yet such is the prayer of ve∣ry many, which with their mouthes desire that they may glorifie God, and yet desire not his glory in their hearts, nor seek it in their lives, but rather pra∣ctice such things whereby the name of God is dis∣honoured and blasphemed.
The glory of God is most dear unto him, and so must be to us, Acts 12. 22. His glory he will not lose.
Notes
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Psal. 86. 12.